Registry - A Podcast

25 Films that Changed American Cinema

The death of Jonas Mekas reminds me that this is a film that must be on the Registry!

A look at what is pretty much the only even vaguely avant garde piece included on the 2018 Registry and a fine work looking at African-American ideas of beauty.

A look at one of the finest films of the last twenty years. From acting to script to direction to impact, Brokeback is a film that 100% belongs on the Registry.

The first of our looks at the 2018 entries to the National Film Registry, we look at Something Good - Negro Kiss, a 1898 film that is one of the most joyous 26 seconds you'll ever see!

A look at one of the best and most important of all Teen FIlms

A look at the starting point for all 21st Century Musicals

2008 Films are now eligible for the Registry, but will any make it on the first ballot?

King Vidor! Andrew Wyeth! A Short Documentary!!!!!

A look at Robert Breer's masterful abstract animation!

A look at 1980 Avant Garde!

It's a masterpiece of American Avant Garde cinema, and a film with a story of ebb and flow and how you SHOULDN'T make a movie. Lucifer Rising was one of the most important films of 1980 that's not on the National Film Registry!

Our look at the Year 1980 and all the National Film Registry worthy films that aren't on continues with Robert Altman's Popeye, a musical that explores both a fantastical comic strip world and Altman's own cinematic signatures!

We begin our look at the amazing cinematic year that was 1980 with a consideration of Friday the 13th. Yes, it was the beginning of a massively important franchise that also didn't quite fit what the franchise would become. We look at the reasons it should be on the National Film Registry, what the impact was on the world of genre film, and why it and Halloween are so important.

A look at a notable film not on the Registry

How should the Registry recognise the work of the legendary director John Waters? In this episode, I examine the possibility of four films that might be worthy - Pink Flamingoes, Female Troubles, Hairspray, and Cecil B. Demented.

A Fantasy Film 101 cross-over talking about the 2017 Registry addition Field of Dreams!

A special episode of Fantasy Film 101 dealing with Dumbo, added to the Registry in 2017

What is it? Does it have one?

Bela Legosi and Boris Karloff together for the first, and by far the best, film in their careers!